Events in Sport
- 1877 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5
- 1879 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.5
- 1900 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼
- 1905 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
- 1918 Cleveland Indians Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) as the Indians beat the Yankees 3-2
- 1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
Donald Bradman
Baseball Record
- 1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
- 1940 1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
- 1940 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
- 1940 NY Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds
- 1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
- 1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals
- 1968 American boxer Bob Foster defeats holder Dick Tiger for the world light-heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Gardens, New York (goes on to defend title 14x)
Golf Tournament
1970 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
Donna Caponi
- 1972 Glasgow Rangers of Scotland win 12th European Cup Winner's Cup against Dynamo Moscow 3-2 of the Soviet Union 3-2 in Barcelona
Boxing Title Fight
1976 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title in Munich
Muhammad Ali
- 1979 Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar
- 1980 Stanley Cup: NY Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2
- 1981 Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500
- 1981 Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
- 1984 Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
- 1986 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1
Golf Major
1987 LPGA Championship, Jack Nicklaus Sports Center: Jane Geddes wins by 1 stroke from Betsy King
Jane Geddes
Betsy King
Event of Interest
1989 NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
Phil Esposito
Event of Interest
1992 Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Jr.wins
Al Unser Jr.
- 1992 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
- 1992 Despite trailing 7-1, NY Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
- 1993 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Montreal Canadians beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1
- 1994 NHL Western Conference Final: Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
- 1995 3rd UEFA Champions League Final: Ajax beats Milan 1-0 at Vienna
- 1998 Indianapolis 500: Eddie Cheever Jr wins in 3:26:40.524 (233.604 km/h)
- 2000 8th UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Valencia 3-0 at Saint-Denis
- 2009 Indianapolis 500: Hélio Castroneves wins in 3:19:34.6427 (241.913 km/h)
- 2010 NHL Eastern Conference Final: Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 1
- 2011 NHL Western Conference Finals: Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks, 4 games to 1
- 2014 22nd UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Atletico Madrid 4-1 at Lisbon
- 2015 Indianapolis 500: Juan Pablo Montoya wins in 3:05:56.5286 (259.653 km/h)
- 2015 Mumbai Indians defeat Chennai Super Kings to win the 2015 20/20 cricket Indian Premier League
- 2017 UEFA Europa League won by Manchester United 2-0 against Ajax in Stockholm
Event of Interest
2018 US President Trump posthumously pardons boxer Jack Johnson for racially orientated criminal conviction - transporting a white woman across state lines
Donald Trump
Birthdays in Sport
- 1895 Hunter "Stork" Hendry, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1988)
- 1899 Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis champion (6 time Wimbledon champion), born in Paris, France (d. 1938)
- 1900 Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1954)
- 1901 José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)
- 1913 Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic silver 1936)
- 1913 Willi Daume, olympic organizer
- 1926 Len Maddocks, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian mid-50's)
- 1927 John Kelly Jr, American sculler (Olympic bronze 1956) and brother of Grace Kelly, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1985)
- 1933 Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind v Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB)
- 1938 Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner (South African in one Test v England 1964)
- 1942 Ali Bacher, South African cricketer (South African batsman and captain in 60's)
- 1946 Irina Szewińska, Polish athlete, administrator (Olympic various sprint gold 1964, 68, 76), born in Leningrad, Russia (d. 2018)
- 1950 Jo Ann Washam, LPGA golfer
- 1955 Thad Ackel, horse trainer
- 1959 George Glanos, horse trainer
- 1960 Pete Metzelaars, NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers, Lions)
- 1962 Bev Lidyoff, Huntington Park Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1994)
- 1962 Dorothy Trapp, equestrian 3-day (Olympics 1996)
- 1963 Horace Holden Jr, slalom double canoe (Olympic 11th 1996), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1963 Joe Dumars, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
- 1963 Ken Ftach, tennis star, born in St Louis, Missouri
- 1963 Ivan Capelli, Italian racing driver
- 1963 Rich Rodriguez, American football coach
- 1963 Kenneth "Ken" Flach, American professional tennis player (4 Grand Slam titles, 2 mixed doubles), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2018)
- 1964 Adrian Moorhouse, British 100m breaststroker (Olympic gold 1988)
- 1964 Elizabeth McColgan, British running star (world record 5 km indoor)
- 1964 Pat Verbeek, NHL forward (Team Canada, NY Rangers), born in Sarnia, Ontario
- 1965 Chris Jorgis, US badminton player (Olympic-92), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1966 Tony Jones, NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- 1966 Eric Cantona, French footballer
- 1966 Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver
- 1967 Margaret Crowley, Australian 800m/1500m runner (Olympics 1996)
- 1968 Jerry Dipoto, pitcher (NY Mets), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- 1969 Martin McCague, cricketer (in Ulster AIS product, Eng quickie 1993-94)
- 1970 Jeff Zgonina, NFL defensive tackle (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Rams)
- 1970 Nick Castaneda, pairs skater (& Dawn Piepenbrink), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- 1971 Paul Ragusa, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics 1996), born in Bülach, Switzerland
- 1971 Troy Barnett, NFL defensive end (NE Patriots)
- 1972 Danny Bautista, outfielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1972 Petra Schwarz-Ritter, Vienna Aus, tennis star (1988 Futures-Bari-ITA)
- 1972 Tito Paul, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals)
- 1973 Ville Peltonen, hockey forward (Team Finland Olympic bronze 1998), born in Vantaa, Finland
- 1973 Karim Alami, Morocco, tennis star
- 1974 Ace Custis, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
- 1974 Marcus Coleman, free safety (NY Jets)
- 1974 Maria Alejandra Vento, Venezuelan tennis star (1995 Futures-Braz), born in Caracas
- 1974 Natalie Neaton, soccer forward (Olympics 1996), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
- 1974 Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
- 1975 Katie King, ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics 1998)
- 1975 Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer
- 1975 Marc Gagnon, Canadian short track speed skater
- 1976 Catherine Cox, Australian netballer
- 1978 Jade Winter, Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996)
- 1978 Brad Penny, American baseball player
- 1978 Johan Holmqvist, Swedish hockey player
- 1979 Tracy McGrady, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
- 1981 Shelby Lyons, pairs skater (& Wells-1995 Midwest champ), born in Oswego, New York
- 1982 Issah Ahmed, Ghana football player
- 1984 Brodney Pool, American football player
- 1985 Tim Bridgman, British racing driver
- 1987 Guillaume Latendresse, French-Canadian hockey player
- 1990 Joey Logano, American racecar driver
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1995 Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar (22) weds pediatrician Anjali Mehta (28)
Sachin Tendulkar
Deaths in Sport
- 1908 Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)
Jim Barnes
1966 Jim Barnes, English golfing pioneer (4 major wins), dies at 80
Jim Barnes
- 1988 Tom Burtt, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies
- 2007 Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (b. 1922)
- 2010 Morrie Martin, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1922)
- 2013 Ron Davies, Welsh footballer, dies at 70
- 2013 Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (23 caps), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 87